Late in "Stunning," a woman stands center stage and mutters, "I can't end it." Sometimes authors have a way of infecting characters with their own struggles.
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This innovative revival of "The Wiz," the 1975 soul and rock adaptation of L. Frank Baum's classic fairy tale, drenches the audience with a downpour of pizzazz and talent.
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If only Charlie Kaufman's scripts—like "Being John Malkovich" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"—didn't exist, "Cold Souls" would be original.
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This frank and fascinating Outfest Grand Jury prizewinner illuminates a little-known chapter in the outbreak, growth, and far-reaching social ramifications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Those Whistling Lads! The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker and her wonderful way with words continue to fascinate, and Maureen Van Trease is clearly in her thrall.
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It's not a good sign when a film's daytime scenes look as if they've been shot in twilight. Nor is it reassuring when the dialogue features long gaps—as though silence equals depth.
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This latest play by Jacqueline Wright about the struggle of a young boy and a woman to find love amid an urban wasteland, leans too heavily on the abstract and poetic, thereby losing its theatrical power.
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Carol Lynn Pearson's three-hander is an often-searing indictment of rigid values integral to monolithic systems like organized religion, as well as the impact such systems have on Ruth and Alex, a Mormon couple mourning the suicide of their gay son Andrew.
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A teenage boy with father issues. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've all heard that one. But when this particular boy is a German, living in Paraguay within a tight-knit community of ex-military expatriates since 1944, there's a different story to tell.
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How do we manage to feel empathy for one of the most Machiavellian villainesses in dramatic literature? The title character in Henrik Ibsen's 1891 classic is a tricky role.
